Janelleas's Journal, 22 Jan 09

Weight & Diet: I am so proud of myself. After being gone on our Casino Trip to Lauglin, Nv, I came home with slightly more than half a pound loss! 152.4 lbs today and I was 153 lbs when I left. Six days of eating out in restaurants and being in a car all day for three of those days and I have a loss this week, old hypothyroid menopausal me!! I stayed focused on my new “mantra” thoughts telling myself each time food or meal time approached that “I want to be thin and I want to reach my goal” over and over. The restaurant we seemed to eat at the most because it was less crowded and convenient was “Coco’s” which has pictures of pie and bakery goods all over the menu and table and includes many of those cinnamon rolls and things of that nature with some of their breakfast plates. I ended up eating a lot of Omelettes since they serve breakfast 24 hrs a day. The menu was not diet friendly and I am now really tired of Omelettes but proud of myself for sticking to my plan to reach goal. I also told them to leave the potatoes and toast off my plate but sometimes it arrived anyway and I did not eat them. I am doing the Happy Happy Joy Joy Dance!

Exercise: I discovered that I have turned into a person that actually “needs” some activity every day. After being in a car all day when we stopped at a hotel for the night I really needed to do some stretching and some calisthenics like lunges and jumping jacks sort of things to help me get some of the old stiffness out of my bones and back. It felt good to be able to move around. While we were at the Casino hotel it was cold and windy but not nearly as cold and windy as it is here at home, so no one wanted to go with me but I took off and walked along the “river walk” and was glad to be alone because I could go faster and farther than either my hubby or BF would have gone. It actually felt good and I actually ENJOYED the brisk walk. I actually walked further and longer than I had planned. Who is this new person inside me that feels the need to move ?!

Emotionally: Getting to spend time with my long time best friend (32 yrs we have been friends and neighbors) was the greatest emotional booster shot ever! There is nothing that compares to having a good friend that shares so much history with you. Our favorite saying is that one about “A friend will come bail you out of jail, but a BEST friend will be sitting beside you saying “Darn that was fun”! I miss her every day and thank goodness we are able to travel and visit each other. My BF here is just okay, she has never had a friend as long as she has had me for a friend (8 yrs) and she grew up here, she has no old school friends or anything, just me for the last 8 yrs. I can see the reason why her hubby told me that she never keeps a new friend more than a couple months, she just doesn’t “get it” about friendship being giving respect to each other.

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2011 kcal

Fat: 13.49g | Prot: 115.21g | Carbs: 119.78g.   Breakfast: skim milk, Old Fashioned Oats, mug coffe 10 ounce, decaff. Lunch: crystal light red tea Mandarin, Butterball turkey breast slices, laughing cow cheese, light garlic & Herb. Dinner: Eat Smart vegetable stir fry, chicken breast. Snacks/Other: late night binge..total consumed unknown, natures path flax plus granola, Peach carb master yogurt. more...

1800 kcal

Exercise: Sitting - 4 hours, Resting - 12 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...